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* The theme song for this year’s session so far?

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:03 am

Comments

  1. Crazy Train

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:04 am

  2. Call me irresponsible…

    Comment by jt Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:06 am

  3. Bad Blood

    Comment by PolPal56 Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:06 am

  4. Crazy

    Comment by How Ironic Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:07 am

  5. Life is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back

    Comment by RNUG Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:07 am

  6. “Why Did You Believe Me When I Told You That I Loved You, When You Knew I Was A Liar All The Time?”

    Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:07 am

  7. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

    Comment by Harry Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:08 am

  8. One Step Forward (Two Steps Back)

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:08 am

  9. “Superstar”

    Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:08 am

  10. ==Yesterday== Beatles

    Comment by Formerly Known As... Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:08 am

  11. War…what is it good foor!

    Comment by Fantasma Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:09 am

  12. “Comedy Tonight”

    Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:09 am

  13. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Boy George

    Comment by CharlieKratos Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:10 am

  14. “Ya don’t always git what ya want” Mick Jagger

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:11 am

  15. “Bodies” - Drowning Pool

    Comment by CharlieKratos Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:11 am

  16. You can’t always get what you want.

    Comment by walker Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:11 am

  17. “Burnin’ Down The House”

    Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:12 am

  18. Ten years after “I’d love to change the world”

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:12 am

  19. 40/80 by Dupage County’s very own LBC.

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:13 am

  20. “Runaround”

    Comment by anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:15 am

  21. Highway to Hell

    Comment by Ahoy! Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:15 am

  22. Quick silver messenger service “I feel like a stranger in my own land”

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:15 am

  23. Ventilator Blues-The Stones

    Ev’rybody’s stepping on their accelerator,
    Don’t matter where you are,
    Ev’rybody’s gonna need a ventilator.

    Comment by ABC Lawyer Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:15 am

  24. “Running On Empty”

    Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:15 am

  25. “Eve of Destruction”

    Comment by Wensicia Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:16 am

  26. “What a Fool Believes”

    Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:16 am

  27. Bad Moon Rising

    Comment by phocion Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:16 am

  28. Champagne taste (on a beer budget)

    Comment by Dog Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:16 am

  29. “We Don’t Talk Anymore”

    Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:19 am

  30. Under Pressure

    Comment by White Dynamite Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:20 am

  31. Talking Heads: “Road to Nowhere”

    Comment by Downstate Weed Chewing Hick Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:20 am

  32. “Death or Glory” by the Clash

    Comment by Nick Name Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:20 am

  33. Rocky theme song

    Comment by anonymissed Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:20 am

  34. God’s Away on Business - Tom Waits

    Comment by alas Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:21 am

  35. “I’ve known no War” from The Who’s 1982 Album, “It’s Hard”

    This is the best song for it, trust me take a listen Rich before making any final judgement call. I think that RNUG might also like that song for this year. Perfect fit.

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:21 am

  36. Take this job and shove it

    Comment by Maryville Sparky Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:21 am

  37. “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”

    Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:21 am

  38. “Hell Is For Children”

    Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:22 am

  39. Wasted Time- Eagles

    Comment by White Dynamite Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:22 am

  40. “Shake It Up”

    Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:24 am

  41. Wasted Days and Wasted Nights

    Comment by Deep South Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:24 am

  42. Good times sitcom theme song

    Comment by foster brooks Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:25 am

  43. Mister Charlie

    Comment by Ducky LaMoore Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:26 am

  44. “The Gilligan’s Island” theme song. Rauner could play the parts of the Skipper, Gilligan, and the Millionaire rolled into one. Speaker Madigan, on the other hand, could only be the Professor.

    Comment by Nick Naylor Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:26 am

  45. Ugly Kid Joe’s “I Hate Everything About You”

    Comment by LGHB Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:27 am

  46. “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”

    Comment by Lt. Guv. Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:27 am

  47. Warren Zevon’s Disorder in the House.

    “Disorder in the house
    There’s a flaw in the system
    And the fly in the ointment’s gonna bring the whole thing down

    The floodgates are open
    We’ve let the demons loose
    The big guns have spoken
    And we’ve fallen for the ruse’

    Comment by 47th Ward Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:27 am

  48. “Pass The Dutchie”

    Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:27 am

  49. 47th, I think Zevon’s “Lawyers, Guns & Money” would work, too!

    Comment by Nick Naylor Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:28 am

  50. Welcome to the Jungle- Guns and Roses

    Comment by White Dynamite Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:28 am

  51. “Against All Odds”

    Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:28 am

  52. Metallica’s “Welcome Home, Sanitarium”

    Comment by LGHB Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:29 am

  53. Speaking of Warren Zevon, how about “Lawyers, Guns, and Money”?

    Comment by Nick Name Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:29 am

  54. Rich Girl (contributed by Mrs. PolPal56)

    “High and dry, out of the rain,
    It`s so easy to hurt others when you can`t feel pain …

    You`re a rich girl, and you`ve gone too far,
    `Cause you know it don`t matter anyway…”

    Comment by PolPal56 Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:29 am

  55. Fools Rush In (the Elvis version, of course).

    Comment by Down the Middle Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:30 am

  56. Nick and Nick,

    I thought about it, but wanted to dig a little deeper into the Zevon collection. My runner up was “I was in the House when the House burned down,” which is also highly appropriate for this session.

    Comment by 47th Ward Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:32 am

  57. Not sure about overall, but for the GOP, it has been Painting by Numbers:

    “‘Cause your painting by numbers
    Connecting the dots
    They don’t have to tell you
    You don’t call the shots

    You jump when they say jump
    And you don’t ask how high
    ‘Cause painting by numbers they know you’ll get by

    You take a position
    In the old man’s firm
    He signs all the papers
    You agree to the terms
    They let you run errands
    And you don’t get days off
    You take out the garbage and hope it pays off”

    Comment by Gooner Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:32 am

  58. Yakety Sax

    Comment by Ron Burgundy Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:32 am

  59. I’ve had enough of reading things
    By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
    All I want is the truth
    Just gimme some truth

    – John Lennon

    Comment by The Old Professor Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:34 am

  60. Black Hole Sun- STP

    Comment by Come on man! Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:34 am

  61. After the Gold Rush

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:34 am

  62. Jesus Christ (rauner) Superstar (his staff)

    Comment by Are Ya Kiddin' Me? Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:35 am

  63. “Always look on the bright side of life”

    Some things in life are bad
    They can really make you mad
    Other things just make you swear and curse
    When you’re chewing on life’s gristle
    Don’t grumble, give a whistle
    And this’ll help things turn out for the best…
    And…
    …always look on the bright side
    of life…
    (Whistle)
    Always look on the light side
    of life…
    (Whistle)

    Comment by Langhorne Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:35 am

  64. “He may be the devil or he may be the Lord but you still gotta serve somebody.”

    Comment by Dirty Red Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:37 am

  65. “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath

    Politicians hide themselves away
    They only started the war
    Why should they go out to fight?
    They leave that role to the poor

    Time will tell on their power minds
    Making war just for fun
    Treating people just like pawns in chess
    Wait ’till their judgment day comes

    Yeah.

    – MrJM

    Comment by MrJM Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:37 am

  66. The Long and Winding Road

    Comment by enoughalready Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:37 am

  67. 47th, I agree, yours was a better choice, but in “Lawyers, Guns & Money”, Zevon croons:

    Well, I went home with the waitress
    The way I always do
    How was I to know
    She was with the Rauners, too

    I want gambling in Chicago
    I took a little risk
    Send lawyers, guns and money
    Dad, get me out of this

    I’m the innocent taxpayer
    Somehow I got stuck
    Between the rock and the hard place
    And I’m down on my luck
    And I’m down on my luck
    And I’m down on my luck

    Now I’m hiding in my district
    I’m a desperate man
    Send lawyers, guns and money
    The sh*t has hit the fan

    Comment by Nick Naylor Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:37 am

  68. Hotel California

    Comment by SAP Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:37 am

  69. Lookin’ for a Leader
    (more Neil Young)

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:38 am

  70. Your beloved Quails might have it also…

    “The truest test of a man’s good name is acceptance of failure and losing a game with a smile and a handshake; quiet every building rage.”

    Comment by Dirty Red Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:39 am

  71. For the Love of Money. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXE_n2q08Yw

    Comment by Norseman Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:39 am

  72. As we inch closer to July and in honor of the 40th anniversary on June 20th:

    Jaws

    dun dun dun dun dun dun….

    Comment by Quad City Gal Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:39 am

  73. your so vain by Carly Simon.

    Comment by Throwing Stones Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:39 am

  74. For the true believers on both side:

    Brave New World - Glenn Frey

    Comment by RNUG Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:40 am

  75. Total Eclipse of the Heart

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:41 am

  76. Riding the Storm Out

    Comment by Michael Westen Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:41 am

  77. “Reindeers are better than People” - Frozen

    Comment by Name Withheld Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:43 am

  78. Thin Lizzy — The Boys are back in Town.

    Comment by G'Kar Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:43 am

  79. “Backstabbers” by the O’Jays

    Comment by Gone, but not forgotten Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:44 am

  80. (Turn around)
    Every now and then
    I get a little bit lonely
    And you’re never coming round

    (Turn around)
    Every now and then
    I get a little bit tired
    Of listening to the sound of my tears

    (Turn around)
    Every now and then
    I get a little bit nervous
    That the best of all the years have gone by

    (Turn around)
    Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
    And then I see the look in your eyes
    (Turn Around, bright eyes)
    Every now and then I fall apart
    (Turn Around, bright eyes)
    Every now and then
    I fall apart

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:45 am

  81. Party Town by Glen Frey. (Thanks RNUG for the idea.)

    Comment by Cheswick Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:46 am

  82. Beastie Boys - Sabotage

    Comment by JPK 779 Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:46 am

  83. No more Mr. Nice Guy

    Comment by DuPage Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:48 am

  84. End of the World (As We Know It) - REM

    Comment by Joe M Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:48 am

  85. “Lunatic Fringe”

    Comment by Wensicia Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:48 am

  86. “Smiling Faces” recorded by the Temptations, and more appropo, The Undisputed Truth!

    Comment by Gone, but not forgotten Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:49 am

  87. Helter Skelter - Beatles

    Comment by Stones Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:51 am

  88. (The Bill) Killing Floor

    Comment by Quizzical Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:53 am

  89. We Can Work It Out
    ~The Beatles
    “Try to see it my way, or run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone”

    Comment by Big Muddy Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:53 am

  90. “What Kind of Fool Am I?”

    Comment by Buster Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:53 am

  91. Funky Four Plus One - That’s the Joint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTJ6RrQoOxU

    Comment by Hip Hop on Wax Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:55 am

  92. King Crimson’s 21st Century Schizoid Man
    “Death seed blind man’s greed
    Poets’ starving children bleed
    Nothing he’s got he really needs
    Twenty first century schizoid man.”

    Comment by Bluefish Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:57 am

  93. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCUQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5c1m2BAg2Sc&ei=BtVxVcnCKMi3sAWpwoLABw&usg=AFQjCNFEGewuQk4J5mQjLOPrZ-iz0BtQHg&sig2=0KWz8NXaRkuHSRjt45E7AA&bvm=bv.95039771,d.b2w

    Comment by PublicServant Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 11:58 am

  94. “Where is the Love?” by the Black Eyed Peas.

    Comment by Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:00 pm

  95. For The Love of Money - The O’Jays

    Comment by Precinct Captain Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:00 pm

  96. VanillaMan - Wednesday, May 6, 15 @ 10:09 am:

    Totally Screwed Up From The Start

    Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:00 pm

  97. Mad World - Gary Jules

    Perfectly describes everyone’s mood this entire session.

    All around me are familiar faces, Worn out places worn out faces, Bright and early for their daily races, Going nowhere going nowhere…
    I find it hard to tell you, ‘Cause I find it hard to take, When people run in circles, It’s a very very, Mad world.

    Comment by SweetLou86 Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:05 pm

  98. - Anonymous - @ 11:21 am:

    Yeah, I’m a Who fan also. Still have my Tommy vinyl LP.

    Comment by RNUG Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:05 pm

  99. If you got the Money, Honey, I got the Time-Willie
    ,

    Comment by Arthur Andersen Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:05 pm

  100. “Nearer, My God, to Thee”

    Comment by Sage Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:07 pm

  101. “They’re Coming to Take Me Away.” Napoleon XIV or Bruce I, if you prefer.

    Comment by Tommydanger Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:07 pm

  102. Either:

    “What a Fool Believes” by the Doobie Brothers

    or

    “Almost Easy” by Avenged Sevenfold

    Quite the difference in rock genres there…

    Comment by Team Sleep Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:08 pm

  103. Silly Love Songs by Wings

    Comment by Eddy Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:09 pm

  104. It’s gonna take a Lotta Love. Neil Young

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:12 pm

  105. “Talk Talk” by Music Machine

    Comment by Tommydanger Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:12 pm

  106. Money for Nothing

    Comment by Beagle Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:13 pm

  107. Tomorrow - Joe Walsh “But Seriously, Folks”

    Comment by Anon Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:16 pm

  108. Honeymoon Suite’s — Bad Attitude

    Sliding in the door are the roads we all know
    Yesterday’s heroes with no room to grow
    They you say you want the money
    You want the big prize
    But they’ll cut you
    Down to size, with your
    Bad attitude, twisted views
    Two can play that game
    No one likes to lose

    What’s it like living like you do?
    Talk, talk is cheap talk so far from the truth
    Why do they listen to you?
    Soon you will fall boy, record shows
    Only the stories will turn on you, best be on your toes

    There’s such a thing as trust
    Nothing else is the same
    When your face is in the ground
    You’ve only yourself to blame

    You say you want the money
    You want the big prize
    But they’ll cut you
    Down to size , with your

    Bad attitude, twisted views
    (Bad, bad attitude)
    It’s your bad attitude

    Comment by Mad Brown Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:18 pm

  109. Bully

    Comment by Luggie Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:19 pm

  110. “Same Old Song” - Four Tops

    Comment by Gone, but not forgotten Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:20 pm

  111. “Games People Play” by The Spinners

    (how appropriate!)

    Comment by Tommydanger Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:22 pm

  112. You a’int nothing but a Hound Dog, crying all the time’ (insert name ____________)

    Comment by Slippin' Jimmy Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:23 pm

  113. I Drink Alone

    Comment by Jorge Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:25 pm

  114. Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale

    Comment by Anarditka Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:31 pm

  115. “I Did It Myyyyyyyy Wayyyyyy”

    Comment by jls Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:39 pm

  116. AA beat me to it with Willie, so I’ll go “Money (That’s What I Want)”, Beatles cover.

    Comment by Wordslinger Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:41 pm

  117. Won’t Get Fooled Again.

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:42 pm

  118. (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding?

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:43 pm

  119. Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

    Comment by OldIllini Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:44 pm

  120. Shape of Things

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:48 pm

  121. Who “my generation”

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:48 pm

  122. Eminence Front

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:51 pm

  123. Petty”I won’t back down”

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:52 pm

  124. The “Leave it to Beaver” (BVR) theme song.

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:52 pm

  125. Chicago, by Sufjean Stevens

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 12:55 pm

  126. “Going Down The Road Feeling Bad”

    Comment by Jerry's Kids Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:01 pm

  127. Dazed and Confused by Led Zeppelin

    Comment by RacerX Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:04 pm

  128. “Red Light” Wall of Voodoo

    Comment by anonlurker Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:05 pm

  129. “Two Tribes” - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:06 pm

  130. “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”

    Comment by Rail Side Chat Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:09 pm

  131. Youngbloods”come together”

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:09 pm

  132. “Our House” - Madness

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:09 pm

  133. “Money for Nothing” - Dire Straits

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:10 pm

  134. “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy”

    Comment by JoanP Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:12 pm

  135. “Give Me What I Want” by Kids in Glass Houses

    Comment by jls Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:15 pm

  136. You’re Breaking My Heart, Nilsson

    Comment by Anon. Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:18 pm

  137. “throwin stones” by the grateful dead with yes, no g at the end of throwing.

    Commissars and pin-stripe bosses
    Roll the dice.
    Any way they fall,
    Guess who gets to pay the price.
    Money green or proletarian gray,
    Selling guns ’stead of food today.
    So the kids they dance
    And shake their bones,
    And the politicians throwin’ stones,
    Singing ashes, ashes, all fall down.
    Ashes, ashes, all fall down.
    Heartless powers try to tell us
    What to think.
    If the spirit’s sleeping,
    Then the flesh is ink
    History’s page will thus be carved in stone.
    And we are here, and we are on our own
    On our own.
    On our own.
    On our own.

    If the game is lost,
    Then we’re all the same.
    No one left to place or take the blame.
    We can leave this place and empty stone
    Or that shinin’ ball we used to call our home.
    So the kids they dance
    And shake their bones,
    And the politicians throwin’ stones,
    Singing ashes, ashes, all fall down.
    Ashes, ashes, all fall down.

    Comment by Throwing Stones Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:20 pm

  138. You ain’t seen nothin’ yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive

    Comment by downstate Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:27 pm

  139. Just a Job to Do — Genesis

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naIzxqgVC5w

    Comment by OneMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:28 pm

  140. It’s Gonna Get Better — Genesis

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkwzodrMWgw

    Because, you know
    and I know
    It’s time for change….

    Comment by OneMan Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:29 pm

  141. “We’re Off to See the Wizard…”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26lhb05cV6g

    Comment by Mouthy Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:32 pm

  142. Nick Naylor nailed it. Warren Zevon and ‘Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money’.

    The gone to young Mr Zevon could provide the session’s whole soundtrack:
    Splendid Isolation
    Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
    Excitable Boy
    Disorder in the House
    Looking for a Heart
    I Was in the House when the House Burned Down
    Bad Karma…

    Comment by Chicago Bars Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:34 pm

  143. The theme song from Titanic.

    Comment by 47th Ward Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:34 pm

  144. Highway to Hell = AC/DC

    Comment by Taxman Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:39 pm

  145. Money Talks - AC DC

    Comment by Joe M Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:40 pm

  146. CCR - “Lookin’ Out My [Bronze] Doors”

    Just got home from Illinois locked the [bronze] door oh boy!
    Got to sit down take a rest on the porch
    Imagination sets in pretty soon I’m singin’

    Doo doo doo lookin’ out my [bronze] door

    [Rauner]’s doing cartwheels [Purvis]’ wearin’ high heels
    Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the [floor]
    A dinosaur Victrola list’ning to [Rep. Hoffman]

    Doo doo doo lookin’ out my [bronze] door

    [Donkeys] and elephants are playing in the band
    Won’t you take a ride on [to Boone’s Saloon]?
    Doo, doo doo
    Wond’rous apparition provided by [Madigan the] magician

    Doo doo doo lookin’ out my [bronze] door

    Comment by The Muse Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:41 pm

  147. –The theme song from Titanic.—

    Sure, 47. Like you don’t know the name. Or who sings it. Or just can’t help but gently weep every time you hear it…

    Comment by Wordslinger Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:42 pm

  148. “Ain’t No Right Way (to Do the Wrong Thing)” by Toby Keith.

    Comment by Colin O'Scopey Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:42 pm

  149. Bad Blood - Queen

    Comment by Ghost Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:44 pm

  150. ===just can’t help but gently weep every time you hear it…===

    Lol. I was trying not to spread the vile earworm.

    Comment by 47th Ward Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:47 pm

  151. The Days of W(h)ine and Roses

    Comment by Buzzie Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:48 pm

  152. You’re So Vain

    Comment by Jimmy CrackCorn Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:48 pm

  153. Billy Preston’s “Nothing From Nothing”

    Comment by The Dude Abides Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:53 pm

  154. “My City of Ruins”…and definitely for sure not “The Rising”.

    Comment by Steve Judd Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 1:56 pm

  155. “Spinning Wheel” by Blood Sweat and Tears

    Comment by No Longer A Lurker Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 2:01 pm

  156. Sweet–Barroom Blitz

    Are you ready Bruce? Uh-huh
    John? Yeah
    Michael? Okay
    Alright fellas, let’s go!

    Oh it’s been getting so hard
    Living with the things you do to me
    My dreams are getting so strange
    I’d like to tell you everything I see

    Oh, I see Bruce at the back as a matter of fact
    His eyes are as red as the sun
    And Christine in the corner let no one ignore her
    Cause she thinks she’s the passionate one

    Oh yeah! It was like lightning
    Everybody was fighting
    And the music was soothing
    And they all started grooving

    Oh yeah! It was electric
    So perfectly hectic
    And the GA started leaving
    ‘Cause they all stopped bleeding

    Comment by G'Kar Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 2:04 pm

  157. Wasted and wounded, it ain’t what the moon did
    I’ve got what I paid for now
    See ya tomorrow, hey Frank, can I borrow
    A couple of bucks from you?

    Tom Waits - Tom Traubert’s Blues

    Comment by zatoichi Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 2:05 pm

  158. Thunder Struck - AC DC

    Comment by Pacman Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 2:05 pm

  159. “I sobered up and I got to thinkin’/[Springfield] you ain’t much fun since I quit drinkin’” Toby Keith

    Comment by West Side the Best Side Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 2:09 pm

  160. It’s The End Of The World (As We Know It)

    Comment by Albany Park Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 2:14 pm

  161. These Boots are Made for walkin’

    Comment by Gator Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 2:20 pm

  162. Gunsmoke theme song

    Well I rode into town with my ear to the ground
    Looking for the right hand to play
    I felt just right in the heat of the night
    I’d ridden many miles that day

    I heard of a place where men got together
    Playin’ and layin’ it down
    I’m going in to win, but Lord, what a sin
    I didn’t know they’d gun me down

    Chorus:
    Gunsmoke on the horizon, hiding the setting sun
    Gunsmoke on the horizon, I grabbed my horse and run
    Well the dealer was blind and I was trying to find
    A way to keep the winnings I’d found
    The smoke was thick, the tension was thicker
    I still thought they’d gun me down

    Chorus:
    Gunsmoke on the horizon, hiding the setting sun
    Gunsmoke on the horizon, I grabbed my horse and run
    I didn’t come into this ol’ two horse town to get all shot I’ve
    got a little livin’ on my mind
    Aces and eights, ha-ha-ha-ha

    Now the dealer dealt me eight and I had my straight
    I knew the other men would call
    The booze was a flowin’, my cards were showing But
    my back was up against the wall

    Chorus:
    Gunsmoke on the horizon, hiding the setting sun
    Gunsmoke on the horizon, I grabbed my horse and run
    C’mon Thunder

    Comment by down south Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 2:25 pm

  163. Back to the 80s for Pat Benatar and “Love is a Battlefield.” Despite a tense budget season, I started laughing just now as I pictured Rauner and Madigan and the rest decked out in their best 80s-wear and doing that shoulder-shimmy thing as though they were weird futuristic Jets and Sharks.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjY_uSSncQw

    Comment by Earnest Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 2:38 pm

  164. Devo”whip it”

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 2:48 pm

  165. Riders on the Storm - The Doors

    Comment by Nuclear Bozo Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 2:48 pm

  166. Lyrics to Fight Song Evacuate now! - by The Republic Tigers

    Illegitimi non carborundum.
    Evacuate now!

    Illegitimi non carborundum.
    If you cared, there’d be love in the air.
    Pharmaceuti-government got your mind
    And your thoughts.
    Can you feel
    Where’s your spine?

    Evacuate now, cause
    This storms out for blood.
    Build a shelter for your kind,
    And protect the ones you love.
    It seems that
    Everyday we’re fightin’, and we’re
    Causin’ bolts of lightnin’, like a
    Hot and cold collision in the sky.

    You think your fellas, co-conspirators,
    Got your back?
    When the fear they dispatch
    Comes from a diffident path.
    What of then,
    Opponent ready to pass?
    When the clouds clear
    We’ll be standing here.

    Get down in your basement.
    These sirens are loud.
    Lock the doors and eat the key,
    To elude the things you’d see.
    Take notice,
    Everybody’s frightened by the
    Radically enlightened, and they
    Say to jump.
    Still, you reply How high?

    Evacuate now, cause
    This storm’s out for blood.
    Build a shelter for your kind…

    (Thanks to MR McGill for these lyrics)

    Comment by Mama Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 2:52 pm

  167. “Everybody Has The Right To Be Wrong”

    Comment by a drop in Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 2:58 pm

  168. Kung Fu Fighting

    There was funky China men from funky Chinatown
    They were chopping them up
    They were chopping them down
    It’s an ancient Chinese art
    And everybody knew their part
    From a fainting, to a slip
    And a kickin’ from the hip
    Everybody was Kung Fu fighting
    Those kids were fast as lightning
    In fact it was a little bit fright’ning
    But they fought with expert timing

    Comment by 47th Ward Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 3:02 pm

  169. Phanton AntiChrist - by Kreator

    Comment by Dr X Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 3:05 pm

  170. Man I miss Jason Plummer. Sigh.
    The good old days.

    Comment by Jake From Elwood Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 3:05 pm

  171. Round here

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 3:06 pm

  172. Blue cheer summertime blues

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 3:07 pm

  173. “Raining Blood”- SLAYER!!!

    Comment by Mr. 17.5 Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 3:19 pm

  174. Jimmi “are you experienced?”

    Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 3:20 pm

  175. Wow! Tons of good ones.

    Great QOTD.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 3:23 pm

  176. Not so much for the lyrics more so for the title, Lunatic Fringe by Red Ryder.

    Comment by nadia Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 3:41 pm

  177. Don’t Fear the Reaper

    Comment by Archiesmom Friday, Jun 5, 15 @ 3:44 pm

  178. “Does anybody really know what time it is?” - Chicago

    Comment by Enviro Monday, Jun 8, 15 @ 5:01 pm

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